Thread: Why Did We Spend a 1st Round Pick on a Safety for Cripes Sake!!!!!

Originally Posted by 4DaBERS

The worst mistake Mikey ever made was almost single handedly dismantling the 1985 team.

A song and dance man, running an NFL franchise? comeon man.

Mikey is off into the world of photography now and I hope it keeps him as far away from the Bears as it possible can. There are very few people that I have as strong a dislike for as I do that........

Originally Posted by motownbear

How much fun was it drafting a punter in the second round lol

LOL. There is no surer sign that your offense absolutely sucks than that. It's like waving a white flag and just saying, "Thanks for the opportunity to score but we'll just take our three downs and give the ball back to you. We don't know WTF to do with it anyhow."

Please, don't remind me of those day again. The night sweats have almost stopped.

I didn't follow the Bears back in the 1990s, so I don't know all this for sure, but I've read about how bad the drafts were back then, and it's just pathetic to be honest with you. To me, the downfall of the Bears began with the firing of Mike Ditka and the hiring of Dave Wannstedt. From there, it was all down hill.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I didn't follow the Bears back in the 1990s, so I don't know all this for sure, but I've read about how bad the drafts were back then, and it's just pathetic to be honest with you. To me, the downfall of the Bears began with the firing of Mike Ditka and the hiring of Dave Wannstedt. From there, it was all down hill.

Actually it happened right after The Old Man died and Mikey took over. Like most terminal illnesses you don't know you have them until it's too late to do anything about them. Mikey was a tumor that took far to long to remove and the patient died. I will never forgive him for his part in destroying that team with his ineptitude.

Originally Posted by soulman

Actually it happened right after The Old Man died and Mikey took over. Like most terminal illnesses you don't know you have them until it's too late to do anything about them. Mikey was a tumor that took far to long to remove and the patient died. I will never forgive him for his part in destroying that team with his ineptitude.

I have a question, soul, and you would perhaps be the best one to ask because you were an adult back when Mikey took over: did Mikey start out as a promising executive? The reason I asked is because he was voted NFL Executive of the Year back in 1985 when the Bears won the Super Bowl, and the only reason I know this is because I own a DVD box set of the twelve greatest Bears games from the 1985 season, and I think it was Merlin Olsen or Dick Enberg who made mention of that.

Originally Posted by Dagan81

I have a question, soul, and you would perhaps be the best one to ask because you were an adult back when Mikey took over: did Mikey start out as a promising executive? The reason I asked is because he was voted NFL Executive of the Year back in 1985 when the Bears won the Super Bowl, and the only reason I know this is because I own a DVD box set of the twelve greatest Bears games from the 1985 season, and I think it was Merlin Olsen or Dick Enberg who made mention of that.

Wrong oh large one..........I'm not even an adult now! As the story goes, one day this little kid about 3 years old crawls up on his Daddy's lap while his Pop is playing his guitar. The little kid looks up at his Dad with adoration in his eyes as says; "When I grow up I wanna be a musician just like you". His Dad looks at him and says; "sorry son you can't have it both ways".

When this man was all grown up he looked like this. Now I ask you, is this the way an adult dresses? Or these guys ? I rest my case.

Now to answer your question. NO!!! The only promise I ever looked for out of that twat was a promise to resign and I never got it. Thankfully Mom took away his keys to the executive latrine after he screwed up the hiring of Dave McGinnis which is how we ended up with Dick Jaumoron.

Despite his Ivy League credentials Mikey was Ed McCaskey v2.0 who GSH called the dumbest SOB he's ever met. Ginny knows more about Bears football than Mikey ever did. He was a total fuckup from the word go.

Originally Posted by BigBadPapaBear

Did GSH really say that??? That's hilarious if so.

Yeah, he did. GSH would have Ed in every morning for a meeting since Ed was involved with the team as the VP I believe. He'd keep him in there while there was nothing going on but bullshit but when it was time for business he'd always send Ed on his merry way.

After Ed closed the door and left Halas would say to whoever he was meeting with; "There goes the dumbest son of a bitch I ever met". Needless to say The Old Man was not a huge fan of his son-in-law. Ed was a former singer in a big band who liked to play the ponies and as far as I can tell come home and jump Ginny's bones to make more babies. Aside from that I don't think he had any other useful purpose in life.

Here's another short story from the Bears archives about Ed;

Before the 1970 season even began, the Bears reeled from the aftermath of several events.

1969's 1-13 record was bad, but apparently was not bad enough. Their only win of the season had been against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who ironically also finished 1-13. In January, a coin toss was held to determine which team would pick first in the NFL draft. The prize in that draft was Louisana Tech quarterback Terry Bradshaw, who would be a welcome improvement to either of the clubs.


Bear executive Ed McCaskey called the coin toss, held at a hotel in New Orleans, and lost. An unidentified Chicago sportswriter reportedly yelled out "McCaskey you bum, you can't even win a coin flip!"



The guys on the team liked him because he handed out cigars and gave them tips on horses, which invariably lost. Damn, GHS must have really loved that daughter of his to death.